How many tablespoons are in a cup?

There are 16 tablespoons in one US cup.

How do I convert cups to grams?

It depends on the ingredient; use a weight chart since density varies.

No, a UK tablespoon is 15 mL while a US tablespoon is 14.79 mL.

Cooking units vary by country and recipe tradition. The most common conversions involve cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, milliliters, and grams.

1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 236.6 mL

Where:

cupCup — Standard US cup (236.6 mL)

tbspTablespoon — One sixteenth of a cup

tspTeaspoon — One third of a tablespoon

mLMilliliter — Metric volume unit

Here's how to calculate cooking unit conversion step by step:

1Identify source unit: Determine what unit your recipe uses (cups, tbsp, mL, etc.).
2Find the conversion factor: Look up the ratio between your source and target units.
3Multiply or divide: Apply the conversion factor to get the new measurement.

Following these 3 steps gives you the final cooking unit conversion value.

A British recipe calling for 300 mL of milk converts to about 1.27 US cups (300 / 236.6), which you can round to 1 and 1/4 cups.

Cooking unit conversion is essential when following recipes from different countries or scaling between volume and weight.

Fluid oz measures volume; weight oz measures mass; they differ for most ingredients.